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Updates for SID v1.02 and before
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Summary:
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v1.02:
9) Properly identifies ARC files created with all versions of ARC.
10) Properly identifies WordPerfect files.
11) SID now detaches!
12) Can unarc into the destination directory.
v1.01:
1) Added keyboard equivalents for some commands.
2) Can now copy files of size zero.
3) Cannot make a directory with a name that already exists.
4) Cannot make a directory, duplicate a file, or rename a file to a blank
name.
5) LISTARC output now goes to the READ window.
6) Can now make a directory and load it in the same command.
7) Right mouse button now scrolls the directory display.
8) Double clicking on file will execute appropriate command.
Details:
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1) Added keyboard equivalents for some commands.
You can now execute a number of commands from the keyboards:
CTRL-A .... ALL
CTRL-D .... DISK
CTRL-E .... EDIT
CTRL-I .... INFO
CTRL-M .... MAKEDIR
CTRL-N .... NONE
CTRL-P .... PATTERN
CTRL-R .... RENAME
Plus a few other goodies:
CTRL-UpArrow ....... load parent of active list
CTRL-LeftArrow ..... rehighlight left list
CTRL-RightArrow .... rehighlight right list
SHIFT-LeftArrow .... make left list active
SHIFT-RightArrow ... make right list active
LeftArrow .......... move cursor to left path field (old feature)
RightArrow ......... move cursor to right path field (old feature)
2) Can now copy files of size zero.
Previously, SID would report an erroneous error about not having enough
memory when you attempted to copy a file of size zero.
3) Cannot make a directory with a name that already exists.
Previously, SID would allow you to create a directory that had the same
name as a file in the active list. This would have the effect of wiping
out that file.
4) Cannot make a directory, duplicate a file, or rename a file to a blank
name.
AmigaDOS allows you to do this, but to prevent user confusion, SID
does not. SID also now strips all leading and trailing blanks from the
file names you specify so that you cannot create file names that "look"
the same but are not the same. If you really need to do this, you can
always use the CLI.
5) LISTARC output now goes to the READ window.
This should make listing the contents of ARC files a little easier.
6) Can now make a directory and load it in the same command.
These make/load directory commands are accessible only from the keyboard.
Press:
CTRL-< or CTRL-,
Creates the directory you specify and loads it in the left list.
CTRL-> or CTRL-.
Creates the directory you specify and loads it in the right list.
For example, if the left list is active, and you press CTRL-<, the
current directory will be replaced with the directory you create. If you
press CTRL->, however, the directory you specify will appear in the left
list, but will be loaded in the right list.
7) Right mouse button now scrolls the directory display.
If you click the right mouse button over one of the directory lists, that
list becomes active and begins to scroll. If the mouse pointer is in the
upper half of the list, the list scrolls up. If the pointer is in the
lower half, the list scrolls down. As you move the pointer close to the
vertical center of the list, the scroll slows down until it reverses
direction when the pointer crosses the center.
If you click the right mouse button above the directory lists, the menus
are activated. If you click below the lists, the side you click on is
activated but no scrolling occurs.
8) Double clicking on file will execute appropriate command.
When you double click on a file, it will execute the appropriate command
(only) for the file on which you clicked:
IFF Graphic ... VIEW
IFF Sound ..... HEAR
ARC File ...... LISTARC
ZOO File ...... LISTARC
ASCII File .... READ
all others .... INFO
Note that because ARC and ZOO do not support LISTARC yet, the INFO
command will be executed for these files.
9) Properly identifies ARC files created with all versions of ARC.
Previously, I had been using the first two bytes (0x1A08) to identify an
ARC'd file. As it turns out, the second byte is used to identify the
version number of the ARC program that created the file. SID now
identifies an ARC file based solely on the first byte. Thanks to John
Ruckart for pointing this out.
10) Properly identifies WordPerfect files.
A little unsigned short bug caused SID to identify WordPerfect files as
Binary files.
11) SID now detaches!
Ta-da! When you run SID from the CLI, it detaches, meaning that the CLI
window is free to accept input, and you can close the CLI window by
entering "endcli". This means that you can put SID in your startup-
sequence and have it automatically loaded for you when you boot your
machine. Remember that you can config your SID window to come up shrunk,
which is ideal when running from the startup-sequence.
One unsavory side effect of detachability is that SID will crash when run
from the CLI. Again thanks to John Ruckart (he was on a roll that day!),
this dilemma has been solved. The supplied icon now runs a mini batch
file that loads IconX, creates a CLI, and launches SID, hence preventing
a crash. The CLI window then immediately closes behind SID.
12) Can unarc into the destination directory.
When you click on the arrow and turning it red, all archived files you
highlight and UNARC will be unarchived into the destination directory. As
with all two-directory commands (such as COPY and MOVE), the destination
directory does not have to be loaded to receive unarchived files. When
all files have been unarchived, the destination directory will be
reloaded to reflect the new files.
UpdateDocs v1.02 09/02/89
© Copyright 1989 Timm Martin
All Rights Reserved Worldwide
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